Reg Weaver, president of the National Education Association, the union for millions of teachers, said the findings showed that public schools were 'doing an outstanding job' and that if the results had been favorable to private schools, 'there would have been press conferences and glowing statements about private schools.

He chronicles epic struggles during the 19th and 20th centuries waged over textbook content by such organizations as the National Association of Manufacturers and the National Education Association, as well as veterans' groups and racial and ethnic associations, all of whom had differing interpretations of events and individuals in textbooks.

Standards: A Historical Overview Seven major national standards for school libraries have evolved since those issued in 1920 by the National Education Association and the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools (Jones, 1982, p.